RT @ConanOBrien: Can we all agree to temporarily raise the bar for whats considered an alcoholic?
Kirk Watson
@KirkPWatson · TX · S
Posts10.1K
Engagement359.1K
Voting-record position-0.198
CoverageJan 1, 2020 to Nov 5, 2025
Voting-record position is available for 3,335 of 5,927 legislators. Missing values are shown, not hidden.
Voice fingerprint
Percentage-point difference between this legislator’s topic share and the party median. Bars left are under-indexed; bars right are over-indexed.
Most distinctive Uncategorized 6.2 pp below the party median
- Topics
- 22
- Over
- 14
- Under
- 8
Voice fingerprint. 14 topics shown on a symmetric scale from −6.2 pp to +6.2 pp. Most distinctive topic: Uncategorized, 6.2 pp below the party median.
Under-indexed Party median Over-indexed
- Uncategorized Under-indexed −6.2 pp
- Energy Over-indexed +4.0 pp
- Education Over-indexed +3.7 pp
- Transportation Over-indexed +2.9 pp
- Housing Over-indexed +2.8 pp
- Health Under-indexed −2.7 pp
- Labor Over-indexed +2.5 pp
- Environment Over-indexed +1.8 pp
- Civil Rights Over-indexed +1.7 pp
- Public Lands Over-indexed +1.6 pp
- Culture Over-indexed +1.5 pp
- Social Welfare Over-indexed +1.4 pp
- Macroeconomics Under-indexed −1.2 pp
- Law and Crime Under-indexed −0.9 pp
Bars share a symmetric scale of ±6.2 pp. Showing 14 of 22 topics under the selected ordering.
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| Topic | Legislator share | Party median | Difference | Direction | Posts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uncategorized | 27.4% | 33.6% | −6.2 pp | Under-indexed | 2,754 |
| Energy | 4.5% | 0.5% | +4.0 pp | Over-indexed | 455 |
| Education | 8.3% | 4.6% | +3.7 pp | Over-indexed | 836 |
| Transportation | 4.1% | 1.3% | +2.9 pp | Over-indexed | 416 |
| Housing | 5.1% | 2.3% | +2.8 pp | Over-indexed | 513 |
| Health | 4.0% | 6.7% | −2.7 pp | Under-indexed | 401 |
| Labor | 4.4% | 1.9% | +2.5 pp | Over-indexed | 445 |
| Environment | 3.2% | 1.4% | +1.8 pp | Over-indexed | 318 |
| Civil Rights | 9.2% | 7.5% | +1.7 pp | Over-indexed | 926 |
| Public Lands | 2.5% | 0.9% | +1.6 pp | Over-indexed | 247 |
| Culture | 2.9% | 1.4% | +1.5 pp | Over-indexed | 291 |
| Social Welfare | 5.5% | 4.1% | +1.4 pp | Over-indexed | 552 |
| Macroeconomics | 0.6% | 1.8% | −1.2 pp | Under-indexed | 60 |
| Law and Crime | 3.1% | 4.1% | −0.9 pp | Under-indexed | 316 |
| Defense | 1.3% | 0.7% | +0.6 pp | Over-indexed | 135 |
| Banking, Finance, and Domestic Commerce | 1.0% | 0.4% | +0.6 pp | Over-indexed | 102 |
| Agriculture | 0.7% | 0.4% | +0.3 pp | Over-indexed | 75 |
| Immigration | 0.1% | 0.4% | −0.3 pp | Under-indexed | 9 |
| Government Operations | 11.9% | 11.6% | +0.2 pp | Over-indexed | 1,193 |
| International Affairs | 0.1% | 0.4% | −0.2 pp | Under-indexed | 15 |
| Technology | 0.1% | 0.2% | −0.1 pp | Under-indexed | 7 |
| Unclassified | 0.0% | 0.0% | −0.0 pp | Under-indexed | 0 |
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